BAGN ALL'S THYSANOPTERA III 



The specimens labelled as males in the original series of usitatus are actually 

 females, and Bagnall's statement in describing karnyi that the setae on tergite IX 

 are longer than in usitatus is not correct. The unique holotype of karnyi and the 

 two syntypes of brevicollis differ from typical gowdeyi in having antennal VI yellow, 

 but they resemble the common species in other respects, particularly in having the 

 third subbasal wing setae expanded apically and about equal in length to the 

 epimerals. In a recent collection of this species from Kenya the length of the third 

 subbasal wing seta is variable, and the weak apical expansion of this seta has 

 collapsed, in most cases with the result that these setae appear to be acute. This is 

 an artefact caused by the Berlese Mountant but the other major setae were not 

 affected. 



Syntypes $ of usitatus. Hawaii : Kona, 2,000 ft., on Hilo grass, ix.1892 

 {Perkins). 



Syntypes $ of brevicollis. [? Kenya : Kibos] Africa Orientale, Kibosho, 1903 

 (Kittenberger). 



Holotype $ of karnyi. Tanganyika: Arusha, x-xi.1905. 



Holotype $ of mahensis. Seychelles : Main'-, 1908-09 (H. Scott). 



Haplothrips jordani (Bagnall) 



Zygothrips jordani Bagnall, 1909J : 530-531. 



Haplothrips vernoniae var. grandior Priesner, 1933 : 361. Syn. n. 



Although the original description refers to numerous specimens only a single male 

 remains in the Bagnall collection. The above synonymy is based on a comparison 

 of this male with a female syntype of grandior. The tip of the aedeagus in vernoniae 

 is very similar to jordani but in the latter species antennal III is twice as long as 

 wide and has several ring-like constrictions in the basal third. The epimeral setae 

 are dark, and the third subbasal wing seta is softly pointed. 



Holotype (J. Java : Isle of Nias (K. Jordan). 



Syntype $ of grandior. Taiwan : Taihoku, Cirsium japoniatm, n.x.1921 

 (Okuni). 



Haplothrips juncorum Bagnall 



Haplothrips juncorum Bagnall, I9i3g : 227-228. 

 Haplothrips junicola Bagnall, 1932a : 165. Syn. n. 



This common European species is distinguished by the maxillary stylets, which 

 almost meet in the middle of the head a little posterior to the narrow maxillary 

 bridge. H. quadraticeps and H. kilimandjarica are rather similar in this character. 

 H. juncicola was based on a single gynaecoid male with unusually dark antennae. 



Syntypes $. England : Yarnton, Juncus, vi.1913 (R.S.B.). 



Holotype <$ of juncicola. England : Surrey, Oxshott, Juncus, 28. ix. 1927 

 (G. D. M orison). 



